New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-13
RUSSELL SAGE TESTNE&
A SUIT OVER AN OLD CONTRACT.
THE BUILDING OF A RAILROAD IN MINNESOTA DIS

THE BUILDING OF RAILROAD IN MINNESOTA DIS
CUssED IN COURT.
An array weknown nnancers sat in arow In the Court
Of Common Pleas yesterday before Judge DAILY and jury
listening to the suit In which they were al more
Chief among them was Russell Sage Near
him SAT Jnmss II Bennett formerly president OF the
Minnesota Railway Construction Company OF which Nj
Sage president Walter Gurnee who was connected "i'h
certain negotiations connection with that Lans
dale Boardman formerly secretary OF the company Anu
Samuel Mclean plaintiff In the suit on trial. In which inc
St. Paul and Chicago Railway Company successor OF the ola
and Pacific Railroad Company and now part OF inc
system of railways united under the name Of tao chicago
Milwaukee and st. Paul Railroad Company Is
Charles w. Bangs, and the plaintiff by d. N.
Porter Mr. Mclean Is the assignee OF claim against gains
@s% s. Go the y Mann and
These contractors on August 1852 made an M b
they were grade that part between wnops
o rsa M thew we're TG 70 hae 70 @ the
TO Spa the s rs % a
the peomance 81 this II . claimed ar nd tnat Gsg
to S IN 1T TSs
that the were locale construct equip and
road the R 70, % and and
that the Contract was June 1888 BY mutual
as6s ana ia o s the ersa
released from any further o
The suit has been brought trial three times before and
has been carried to yarIoa. appellate tribunals hS,u Fo
the
the paintr the deposition Edmund Rice. who prss
dent the railroad when the contract was made n
miles OF the within time, thus under the charter
pany owns 900 acres This construction company
aa aSd then sold ii ' to Chicago
FasioDs Of the Complaint deposition effect by
William Crooks chief engineer of the defendant com
FS the dsfence Iansae Boarman identified his book Of
meeting on June O. 1858 which the plaintiff claimed that
agreement was made resembling the contract MT sage
next took the stand. Ting his chair back. he smilngy
director Of the St Paul and Chicago Railroad Company
the construction organized he had con-
ooJ that the debts Of the old Company were not to 10
them to have nothing to do ard that
only hope for them was In organzing new company ana
100000 enterprise They came in
The az DIN s we to have nothing 10
Odd you officer of the company do anything
Cross examined Mr. sage said: 1T TO tbs consruc
ton company that they became subscribers Inc capsl
So 900 The second million apportoned among the
twenty thirty stockholders think Morton BIS, e
What grading hal been done on the road had been
Tor 6sdos h9 me, ca ae e Until
came into yonr Mr. Porters hands ,, a, tn cont. on
Q-At ffeenl ANo. but lost good deal OF money on
Mr. Porter read several Ltters Mr. Rice after Mr.
Sage hal said that the handwriting resemolei mat OF MT
@ that Mr. sage had spoken 5 to r him and o. es e
reeioP ma letter written to Mr. G Mr. Rice
% sa 20 ter gS sa M s
II you really desire the construction company to pay the
whether IL 70 place IL IN the hands OF
Ia. Just discretion enough TO rrliate and bully
a u4as s 4s ssn. and ea mr. Wit
but their evidence throw no additional gnt on ,ne
aud nearly all ruled out The lawyers Will sum up